Terms
Slavery Protest
Civil Rights
Revolutionary War
Benjamin Franklin
100
The art of persuasion
What is rhetoric
100
The author of "Civil Disobedience"
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
100
The author of Letter from Birmingham Jail
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
100
The author of The Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
A short clever phrase that tells a wise truth.
What is an aphorism?
200
Word Choice
What is diction
200
The author of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of [Author's Name]
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
200
The letter that the Letter from Birmingham Jail is responding to.
What is the Letter from the Clergymen?
200
The author of "Crisis No 1"
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
The virtue that Franklin had the most difficulty with.
What is order?
300
Word order
What is syntax
300
Motto addressed in "Civil Disobedience"
What is "that government is best which governs least"?
300
The four steps of a non-violent campaign
What is collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action?
300
The author of "To His Excellency, General Washington"
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
300
The reason that Franklin decided to chart his virtues.
What is to achieve moral perfection?
400
The author's attitude towards the text
What is tone
400
The line "The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror, almost inconceivable" is an example of this rhetorical appeal
What is pathos?
400
The pattern of the sentences beginning with "when you" in the letter from Birmingham is an example of what type of syntax?
What is parallelism?
400
The poetry term that describes America and Britain as goddesses?
What is personification?
400
How Franklin decides to keep track of his virtues.
What is a daily calendar with each virtue labeled?
500
A question that is not meant to be answered. Is used to make a point.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
The two meanings of the word "civil" in "Civil Disobedience"
What is citizen, and non-violent
500
What MLK calls a law that is a "code that is out of harmony with the moral law"
What is an unjust law?
500
"Tyranny like Hell" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
500
Genius with education is like this
What is silver in the mine?
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